Irak
Ein wichtiger Erfolg der irakischen Widerstandskämpfer:

Zitat:U.S. helicopter goes down west of Baghdad
Homemade bomb kills U.S. soldier
Tuesday, January 13, 2004 Posted: 1258 GMT ( 8:58 PM HKT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A U.S. Apache helicopter went down Tuesday near the town of Habbaniyah, west of Baghdad, coalition officials said.

The helicopter crashed around 9:30 a.m. (1:30 a.m. ET) about 40 miles (64 kms) west of the capital, the Coalition Public Information Center said.

Initial reports say the crew survived the crash, but there was no immediate information on why the aircraft went down.

Over the past three months, several U.S. helicopters have been downed. (...)
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Unterdessen sind in Falludscha 3 Demonstraten von tapferen US-Soldaten bei der Verteidigung der Demokratie im Irak erschossen worden.

Zitat:US soldiers kill Iraqi demonstrators


Tuesday 13 January 2004, 17:03 Makka Time, 14:03 GMT

At least three Iraqi protesters have been shot dead after US occupation soldiers opened fire on a demonstration in the restive town of Falluja.
Medical sources at the town's hospital, west of Baghdad, said five others were seriously wounded on Tuesday, reported our correspondent.

The demonstrators were protesting against US conduct, including increased civilian arrests. Demonstrators are particularly angered by the detention of women, who were accused by soldiers of carrying out resistance attacks against them.
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Zur Frage der Verluste:

"There have been 588 confirmed coalition deaths, 496 Americans, 56 Britons, five Bulgarians, one Dane, 17 Italians, two Poles, eight Spaniards, two Thai and one Ukrainian, in the war as of January 12, 2004. The casualty list below reflects the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors whose families have been notified of their deaths. There also have been 2,815 Americans wounded in the war, according to the Pentagon."
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